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Sweetness the novel has characters with Zulu names because it was
born in the continent of Africa, where tradition decides how children get their
names.

My name tells a story about what went down between my parents and my
grandfather.Amazing! Hollywood move out
of the way.You know nothing about
storytelling. Names reflect parents’ wishes for themselves or the new baby.Kids are also named after what happened when
they were born. NAMEMEANING Fika Arrive. Mfundo Education. Lunga Be good. Langa The sun. Madoda Men. Thula Be quiet.

We say ‘phuma’
if we want you to go out.Dogs go as far
as the door when they are hungry because they know somebody will say ‘Phuma.’

A notorious line in movies is: ‘Get out.’
You say ‘Phuma’
in Zulu.You say it as in pull or put. ZULUENGLISH Ngena. Come in. Phuma. Go out. Phumela phandle. Go outside. Phuma endlini. Go out of the house. Phuma ngapha. Go out this side. Uphuma nini emsebenzini? When do you knock off at work? Ngiphuma ngo 6.<

“Where does food come from?” asks the teacher.“From the super market Miss.” a student’s reply. Lima is to plant. Children born in cities have no concept of agriculture, seeds,
planting, harvesting, drought, floods, and everything related to ukulima, which means working the soil in
order to produce food. We don’t want to use farming, because it is broader and includes
keeping animals, bees, fish etc.We want
to limit ukulima, to actually
planting and harvesting. ZULUENGLISH Uyalima. He is working the soil. Bayalima. They are working the soil. Umlimi. Farmer. Umlimi uyalima. The farmer is working the soil. Bayalima abalimi. (many people) Farmers are working the soil Ngizo lima.